New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-01
THE PRESIDENTS PROGRESS.
DISAPPOINTED CROWDS IN THE CITIES.
srxx SEE THE MAeNIFIcENT CARS BUT NOT THE
CHIEF MAoIsrRArE--sPExDISG THROUGH OHIO
BY NIGHT.
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p,~rsprpa. Sent 3O.-The President has COM
sleted his first days journey. He mas parsed
thr,ush Penney ivania has caught glimpse OF
Hsrrisburg aud Altoona, has undergone tne oroeai
"a . Hvs-miuute reception st Pittsburg and is now
- these words are being written passing through
Ohio. Defying popular prejudice and relying. per-
hans 20 some extent on his proven bial good luck,
~ has begun his journey on q Friday. So far ne
cxn have NO reason to regret this STEP however
sravelv oronies may shake their heads. or super
stit!ous 20 ngers wag their tongues the day
A.. baen n perfecs one. The sun shone bright and
clsar. Tho air was fresh and invigoratinR The
rains of the previo day bsd laid tho dust and I'M
vsrtsd new lease Of life to tho autumn foliage on
the hillside and the scared grass 10 the meadow
Never di the country look more beautiful OF show
"a orsater advsut age and when night fell and the
train was rushing through the ravines along
mouutaiu defilss above streams and brooklets, the
moon rose over the Allegbanies, revealing nc ono
unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur. Fast GINS
aad overhangina crags it rushed leaving bohind
1t tho darkening shadows and sombre sohtude OF
fba forest unt it eutered fields of hum an activity
aud industry Like will-o-the- wisps danced the
Htful flame and ruddy glow or pit and furnace III
the settling gloom. WOrkmen. happy smile
illuminating their dust-begrimed features, were
vending their way home. In the doorways OF tho
along the road stood women and children all gaz
Ing with wonder as the train rushed by. Here and
there was seeu tho waving of handkerchief. or
what looked from tho distance like an attempt at
cheering but nowhere was there any enthusasm.
As he gazed out of the window upon the scenes OF
Industry thrift and cOntentment passing before his
syes was the President thinking OF what had been
accomplished under the fostering care Of protect
i've Tariff VINO knowsf
Ia accordance with the programme
adopted some time ago there but q
Eve minutes stay ct this place. 1t is expressing 1t
mildly to say tnat Pittsburg people in resigning
themselves to their fate in this matter look upon
the Presidents decision and his strict adherence
thereto as a slight not to be cOndoned without pro-
Test. Not without reason do they argue that II he
started ont for the purpose OF learning something
Of the country, it's resources and possibilities he
could not have employed his time to greater ad-
vantage or more thoroughly improved his oppor-
tunties than by devoting at least twepty-four
hours to Pittsburg and it's surroundings. Here.
they say he would have one of the busiest and
r ,st prosperous of American cities. he would
have observed the wonderful natural advantages
that invest the place with pre-eninenoe among
Industrial centres. The management OF the new
fuoi that supplies equally the factory furnace and
the kitchen crate could not have failed TO interest
hil0. He would have found . community in
" hich tho traditional push and enterprise OF the
est is blended wits The conservatism of thu East
And upon all sides he would not only have seen
evidences OF recent growth, but some indications
Of that quality of permanence which Is more val
liable than the fee,ing attractions of transient
iboc,ns. He would also have happened upon labor
put to the severest strain of physical endurance,
vet better paid than in most places and he would
has. learned too, doubt, why it is that PennsyE
vania stands up firmly for protective tarif and
why the same sort of feeling is spreading through
the manufacturing States of the South, n"twith-
standing the opposition of Messrs. Carlisle and
Watterson.
The RECEPTION IN PIrrsBuRG.
The train bearing the Presidential partv rolled
into the Union Depot at a quarter past 10 this
evening Thanks to the excellent arrangements
m sde beforehand, it was time and got of few
minutes afterward ithout delay Since leaving
Altoona it had been in charge Of Conductor Geor 20
A. Hayes and Engineer Kennedy, two of the most
trustworthy employees of the Pennsylvanla Kali
road Con pany. Engine No. 1,050. one OF tho best
in the compapy's passenger service. drew the train
A large crowd had gathered in and about the depot
ccuple of hours before the arrival of the train. in
anticipation of its couling. The crowd was kept
at bay, however. by special detail of police and
the entrsdetective force Of the city, who had taken
possession of the depot and rigidIy excluded from
the platform every body that not bona fde
passenger or was in some manner authorized or
urau ;horized attached to the Reception Committee.
as o result there was much hattenlng oil noses
AGAINST the railing which divides the platform from
the depot proper great deal of bad language and
il. temper and less enthusiasm. perhaps than IL the
arrangements had been made with Wow 10 ac
COZ Smodating the people rather than studying the
personal comfort of the President
The Reception Committee gotten up regardless
1;af Of OF
crowd until the train arrived. 1t consisted Of
s. &. Marvin, chairman; A. +. Keating Simpson
Horner, DR.. j. Guv McCand!ess, w, j. Gill; and
morrison Foster In its ranks was bottled up an
enormous amount of eloquence which went 1or
nonsht as the President had only time to shake
hands and exchange few words with the gentle
men of the COMMITTED He escaped. it is true, the
fate of having speech read at him, but he az
nevertheless compelled to pocket literally and
bodily tho following letter, the outcome of althree-
hours session of the committee last night:
Your esteemed favor Of the oath inst came duly to
and d. At ss M
cept the hospitates OF Pittsbnrg and Auegneny was
It was resolved that while donbt It was impossible
for you TO ge the OF your present
w's ssss shon SaS 5Sp1s Ss
Of the Of the ms y"a
feel Ct liberty to the ia ana s
pe amply repaid for thus honorng us with your pres
euce The natural advantages OF our twin cities ana the
vast industries here represented subjects worthy OF
your attention Chief Magistrate o. this country ana
cannot fail to you Individually Trusting that
at no distant shall have he pleasure OF receiving
an acceptance of this invitation for yourself and Mrs
Cleveland We remain, etc.
rHR CROWD GREATLY DISAPPOINTED.
The committee express the fond hope that the
President will road this composition before ne re-
tires for tho night. lu the meantime tho crowd,
winch is slowly dispsrsing, disappointed and vexed
because it didn't get much more than glimpse OF
the President and Mrs. Cleveland trying to solve
the problem Of the relation which the princeiy
travelling outfit of tae President bears to the pro-